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Zuri Berry4/11/2013 4:32:01 PM

From Nancy Marrapese-Burrell:

PITTSBURGH — The Tsongas Center in Lowell, Mass., was abuzz Tuesday morning as the legendary Bob Dylan ran through a sound check in preparation for a concert that night.

But Dylan wasn’t even close to being the biggest star in the building.

That honor belonged to the U-Mass-Lowell men’s hockey team, which had gathered to board a bus to Logan Airport for the trip the Frozen Four.

The River Hawks were given a police escort to Boston, and upon arrival, they found out the first officer on the JetBlue flight was a Lowell native, Joseph Miller, who gave a shout-out to the team on the intercom. Athletic director Dana Skinner joked that it may be a sign.

When the flight landed, there was a band playing, cheerleaders cheering, and the gate agent had a sign — the kind a limousine driver would hold — that read simply: “Hockey players.’’

Read more of Nancy's story as she sets the scene for the Frozen Four: bo.st

Zuri Berry4/11/2013 4:42:36 PM

UMass-Lowell vs. Yale will be on ESPN2 at 4:30 p.m, followed by St. Cloud State vs. Quinnipiac at 8 p.m. on the same channel.